Samuel Forst '24 Recruiting Profile

In April of 2021, I tore my ACL and Meniscus in a basketball game. I came back in February of 2022 and played about 7-8 games of basketball. After the season I would normally play baseball in the spring but I didn't like where my body was at so I was planning on going hard in the weight room and getting into the best shape I could get into.  I told this to the strength coach at my school (who is also the throwing coach). He said why don't you throw you can be in the weight room three times a week? So I started throwing and I immediately fell in love with it. I found a sport that was meant for me a sport that was based on mostly power with a touch of finesse. So tearing my ACL was a good thing I guess. 

"Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.”The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.” The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.”
— Alan Watts

You don't know where life is gonna take you, but if you trust it and put your head down, don't quit and do the work it will work out.